Oscar-winning lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman) have revealed to Variety that they are working with legendary Disney composer Alan Menken on two new songs for next year’s live-action remake of the animated classic Aladdin. “We got to collaborate with one of our heroes, Alan Menken, and we collaborated with him and wrote […]
Ava DuVernay isn’t interested in directing a Star Wars movie
As the calls for Lucasfilm to bring in a female filmmaker for a Star Wars movie continue, one name that tops many people’s wishlist is that of Ava DuVernay, director of Selma and the newly-released A Wrinkle of Time. Given that she already has an established relationship with Disney through A Wrinkle in Time, and […]
Robert Downey Jr. still hoping to make Sherlock Holmes 3
For a time in 2016, it looked as though Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and director Guy Ritchie would be reuniting for a third instalment of the Sherlock Holmes movie series, only for the project to seemingly fizzle out. While we’ve had nothing in the way of updates since, Downey has now revealed to Entertainment […]
Revelation Online to launch First Contact this month
Adventurers playing on different servers of the award-winning MMORPG, Revelation Online, will soon be able to meet in the thick of battle for the very first time. Publisher My.com and developer NetEase proudly announce its “First Contact” update will be soon making its way to Nuanor. The cross-server feature of the update allows players the […]
Dark Knights Rising and Saga top bestselling comics and graphic novels of February 2018
Dynamite Entertainment has released details of its bestselling titles of February 2018, which sees DC’s Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 leading the biggest selling comic books, and Image Comics’ Saga Vol. 8 topping the graphic novel chart. Marvel Comics was February’s top publisher with a 34.86% retailer dollar share and a 36.94% unit […]
Joe Quesada variant cover for The Life of Captain Marvel #1 revealed
Earlier this month Marvel announced the upcoming five-issue miniseries The Life of Captain Marvel from Margaret Stohl and Carlos Pacheco, and now we have a look at Joe Quesada’s variant cover for the first issue… “Writing Life of Captain Marvel has already been an extraordinary experience, one of those rare times in a writer’s life when the fictional […]
TV adaptation of The Fifth Beatle graphic novel in development
Bravo Media is developing a limited series adaptation of Vivek J. Tiwary’s critically acclaimed Dark Horse Comics graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story. As per Deadline, The Fifth Beatle “recounts the true story of Brian Epstein, a brilliant yet often tormented dreamer who discovered the band in the Cavern Club in Liverpool, then nurtured, […]
Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode join Keira Knightley and Matt Smith in Official Secrets
Entertainment One has announced that Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode have joined the previously announced Keira Knightley and Matt Smith in the thriller Official Secrets, which is being directed by Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky). The film will tell the story of Katharine Gun (Knightley), a a Mandarin translator working at the British government’s […]
Charlie Plummer, Alice Eve, Jacob Latimore and more join Gully
Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World), Alice Eve (Black Mirror), Jacob Latimore (Detroit), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (The Birth of a Nation) and Jonathan Majors (Hostiles) have joined the cast of Gully, the feature directorial debut of music video and commercials director Nabil Elderkin. Scripted by Marcus Guillory, Gully takes place in a dystopian […]
The Sinner star Christopher Abbott to lead George Clooney’s Catch-22
Following on from January’s announcement that Hulu has picked up George Clooney’s six-part TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch-22, we now have word that Christopher Abbott (The Sinner, Girls) has signed on for the lead role. The limited series will see Abbott portraying U.S. Air Force bombadier Yossarian, “who is furious because thousands […]
